Furniture element for shoe fitting



D. F. HART Oct. 6,1925- File March so. 1923 INVENTOR W VATVTORNEYSPatented Oct. 6, 1925.

UNITED, STATES ATENT DANIEL r. HART, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

FURNITURE ELEMENT FOR SHOE FITTING.

hattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented.a new and Improved Furniture Element for Shoe Fitting, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. This inventionrelates to articles of furniture, by which in the present instance ismeant a fitting or furniture utensil part-icularly adapted to form acomponent part of. a complete furniture unit, such as a furniture unitcomprising a chair or stool on which a customer in a shoe store 1spreferably to be seated,the article of furniture, 7 as the term is usedin the specificat on, comprising essentially a foot-rest board for usein connection with a foot-length measure in "pletely within the slot assuch a store. It is appreciate-d in the art that such a board may bemounted to be offset at a slight angle to th horizontal, from a stool orchair structure as aforesaid, as a result of being secured in somesuitable wayor of being integrally formed with apart of a leg element orthe like of such a structure. It will be understood, however, in thisconnection, that the new board may be furnished as a complete stoolelement, in that case desirably-to carry three or more legs fixed to andbelow the board. The prime object of the present invention is to providea new and improved oombin'ation of board and measure members, and oneparticularly having the advantages of extreme convenience and time andmotion.

saving efiiciency inuse, a rugged yetlightweightconstruction, and such aconstruction which will be enduring especially in the sense that the newarticle will not ever become materially warped or misshapen (althoughthe article is preferably constructed in the main ofwood so far as theboard-is concerned) 1 A. further object of the invention is to providean article as just defined, but one which may be constructed and sold ata oo mparatively small figure, and yet will be of such de luxeappearance as to be a distinct ornament as well as a utilitarian fixturefor a shoe store of fastidious clientele.

According to the present invention, there is provided a fixtureincluding a board and Application filed March so, 1923. Serial No.628,878. I

having means for nesting the. major portion of themeasure whileconcealing said portion thereof from" view; this nesting means ineluding(1) a wide slot cut' in one side edge of theboard and running. from endto end thereof, (2) 'means wholly within theslot,

preferably av laterally arranged leaf-spring and hence aresilientinstrmnentality, for

impositively retaining the measure in its nested andCOIICQELlQCllOQLtlOD, yet for p r-j mitting the measure to beinserted inthe slot and removed therefrom without ma-- terial impediment to suchmovement of the measure relative to the slot. Preferably, the nestingmeans includes also (3) stop means,

preferably wholly exterior to the" slot, and adapted positively to holdthe. measure nested in its slot following a combined swingingandlongitudinal sliding movement 7 of the measure to dispose the samecomprevised. Various other objects and advantagesof and indicatedhereinaften. The invention will be, from a consideration ofthe followingdetailed description when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing forming part .ofQthis specification with the'understanding,however, that such drawing illustrates, merely by way ofexample, one possible embodiment of the invention,'and that theinvention is not confinedto any strict conformity with the showing inthe, drawing,]b'ut may be changed and modified so long as such changesand modifications mark no material departure from the salient featuresof the invention as expressed in the appended claims. 1 i In saiddrawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the new article of furniture,with the measure wholly nested; I v Fig. 2 is atop plan view on anenlarged scale, of the lower of the two wood sheets forming the board; 7A 1 Figs. 3, 4;, and 5' are vertical sections taken respectively on thelines 3-3,' Hand 5-5 ofFig. 2, these sectional viewsbeing on even a moreenlarged scale than the showlng of Fig. 2; and

detached and having the calibrations on its long length uppermostcontrary to the arthe invention will be expressly pointed .out'

best I understood.

Fig. 6 1s a perspective view of the measure rangement when the measureis nested in the board as indicated in Fig. 1.

Referring now to the details of the drawing, the board is indicated at7. This board, referring to Figs. 2 to 5, is preferably formed of twowooden sheets or boardplies 8 and 9.

The slot of the nesting means, such slot being indicated at 10, isestablished by laning out somewhat less than one-.hal the width of ply 8along the entire length thereof. The only other wood-working operationsrequired on ply 8,. other than to shape its uniplanar bounding faces andto shape one of its end edges as illustrated and as marked 8 in Fig. 2,is to use an ordinary drill or rotary tool to cut a semi-circular recess11 as indicated in Fig. 2.

The only finishing operations required relative to upper ply 9 are toshape its similar end edge as indicated at 9 in Fig. 1 and to drill orotherwise cut a cylindrical recess, indicated in dot-and-dash lines at12 in Fig.2, in its'undersurface where such undersurface is to overlieor rather form the roof wall of slot 10.

These recesses 11 and 12 are for the purpose of nesting permanently, andin concealed but yet always effective position, an impositive retainingmeans of a resilient nature, here including a leaf-spring 14. As will beseen most clearly from Fig. 3, this leaf spring has a downwardly bowedintermediate portion 14 for frictionally engaging a face of the longlength 15 of a measure .15 as shown in Fig. 6, a terminal portion 14" tobe anchored in recess 11 by means of screws 16 (although it will beunderstood in a moment that even brads may be substituted for thesescrews), and a reduced slightly up-hooked free end 14 always to be moreor less projected 'into under-cut surface 12 when the two plies 8 and 9are secured together.

These two plies are secured together, to constitute a complete board asshown in a Fig. 1, by the use of furniture glue and a clamping meansapplied while the glue is setting, as is familiar in the cabinet-makingart, and from this statement it will be understood that, the leaf-spring14 being anchored at one end in recess 11 as above described before theupper ply is laid over the lower one, the screws 16 may be brads asaforesaid and yet serve their appointed functions perfectly.

The two plies are cut so that when they are glued together they willhave the grain of one ply at an angle to the grain of the other; andpreferably, each ply is made up of a plurality of sub-plies having theseams of adjoining sub-plies angularly offset. This construction notonly makes for econonly), as permitting quite thin wooden strips to eused, but defeats any tendency whatever of a warping of the board so asto destroy its finished appearance and efficiency and the functioning asprevised of the nesting means and its appurtenances.

The just-described protection for the board against warping is furtheraugmented by a means now to be described, and preferably forming also afurther appurtenance (additional to spring 14) of the nesting means.

In this connection, a stop means is provided, for bracing the floor androof members of the slot 10 at the corners thereof marked C in Fig. 2,such stop means being located wholly outside the slot, ascontradistinguished from the retaining means constituted by spring 14and located wholly within the slot. Here such stop means is provided soas to have considerable decorative effect and at the same time torepresent maximum economy. Said stop means includes three verticallyarranged staple devices 16 and 17 arranged as best shown in Fig. 2.These are desirably made of round brass wire, nickel-plated; whichenhances the generally attractive appearance of the new article when thetwo plies 8 and 9 thereof are constructed of or finished in oak,mahogany or the like, and the upper ply 9 carries the conventionaldark-gray corrugated rubber pad 18.

Measure 15, it will be noted, carries at one end of its long length 15an upstandin terminal length 15 adapted to act as a hee rest when themeasure is laid on the top of pad 18 in the manner well understood inthe art. However, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 4:, such measure, whennested in its nesting means, is reversed to have its portion 15depending and hence to have its calibrated surface underneath and out ofpossible contact with the bowed portion of spring 14.

To remove the measure from the boar when such measure is completelynestedas shown in Fig. 1, a pull toward the observer on portion 15 ofthe measure, to advance the far end of the measure. toward and beyondthe nearest staple 16, and then a combined sliding and swinging movementof the measure, in the direction of the arrow M of Fig. 1, snaps themeasure entirely free of the nesting means. To return the measure to itsfully nested position, the same is arranged to have the calibrated faceof its long length underneath, and the end of the measure marked 15 inFig. 6 is inserted into slot 10 at any point along its length betweenspring 142 and staples 16, and then, with the measure Variations may, ofcourse, as hereinabove indicated, be resorted to within the scope of thefollowing claims.

I claim:

1. An article of furniture for use in shoe stores, comprising afoot-rest board having a slot in one of its. side edges, said slotextending from the front to the rear of the board and adapted to receivea foot rule substantially wholly therewithin, and spring means withinthe slot to restrain the rule within the slot.

2. An article of furniture for use in shoe stores, which comprises afoot board having a slot of considerable Width in one of its side edges,said slot adapted to receive a foot measure substantially whollytherewithin, a spring disposed within the slot near the front edge ofthe board, said spring adapted to engage a foot rule when insertedtherein to hold it in the slot, and a pin disposed across the rearportion of the slot to prevent tliat end of the rule from coming out ofthe s 0t.

3. An article of furniture for use in shoe stores, which comprises afoot board having a slot of considerable width in one of its edges, saidslot extending from the front to the rear of the board, a foot railadapted to be substantially wholly therewithin inserted in said slot, astop means disposed across the slot at the rear end thereof to confinethe rear end of the foot rule Within the slot, and a. spring disposed inthe slot near the front end thereof to engage the front end of the footrule to restrain it from removal from the slot.

4. An article of furniture for use in shoe stores, which comprises afoot-rest board having a slot in one of its side edges adapted toreceive a foot rule substantially wholly therewithin, and meansassociated with the open edge of the slot to restrain the ruletherewithin.

5. An article of furniture for use in shoe stores, which comprises afoot-rest board having a slot cut in one of its side edges, said slotextending from the front to the rear of the board and adapted to receivea foot rule substantially wholly therewithin, and a barrier or pindisposed along and adjacent to a portion of the open edge of the slot torestrain the foot rule therewithin.

DANIEL F. HART.

